About the Labor Center
The Labor Center conducts educational programming for Iowa's organized workforce. Since the Labor Center's founding in 1951, thousands of Iowa union members have participated in Labor Center classes on practical industrial relations, labor and employment law, health and safety, labor history, communication and leadership, and economics and public policy. Today as part of The University of Iowa Division of Continuing Education, the Center annually reaches 2,000-2,500 union members through a wide range of non-credit course offerings both on and off campus. The Labor Center also conducts applied research and provides information on labor and workplace issues to faculty, students, and the public.